Anyone have experience with the F430 factory sport exhaust? Tubi headers?

When I purchased my F430 it was fitted with standard headers and cats and a Capristo Twin Sound muffler, with remote control for the valves. Primarily to avoid engine damage, I fitted Capristo headers and retained the standard cats. Fabspeed O2 extenders have reduced but not entirely eliminated appearance of the dreaded CEL and I will eventually install the Fabspeed mini cats to see if I can permanently eliminate activation of the CEL.
The increase in noise volume with valves closed was awesome - for the first day or two... Then my significant other half frequently refused to ride in the car, especially when I had the top down, because she said it was too loud. After a couple of months I (reluctantly!) had to agree with her and began to research options that would retain the Capristo headers and reduce the sound level with valves closed and the last thing I wanted to do was reinstall the factory muffler. Eventually I decided to try the factory sports exhaust and couldn't be happier! The sound level with valves closed is quite acceptable now, the exhaust note at low rpm is still recognisable as a Ferrari V8 and a significant bonus is the reduction in temperature in the engine bay. I used an infrared thermometer to read surface temperature on the mufflers and they are so well insulated, that they operate at a fraction of the temperature that the Capristo, or standard muffler reaches.
IMHO certainly worth considering.
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Side-by-side comparison Capristo with factory sports exhaust
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can you comment on difference in sound?

 

I’ve got the Tubi/Ferrari Exhaust and fabspeed headers. Sounds amazing

 

very cool looking set up,

try moving the 02 sensor aft of the main cat

you will need to weld in an 02 port, see summit racing catalog or similar.